StarCraft: Tyranid Empire

History (shi), stationary orbit.

On the tactical console on the bridge of the Fury, the flagship of the 4th Fleet of the Tyrannian Empire Navy, this mining world with a dense atmosphere is just a tiny dot of blue shimmering light in the vast stardust galaxy. Inconspicuous in the lens.

This galaxy has more than a dozen planets, all of which follow different trajectories around the red star, and the integration of all trajectories can be seen as an inverted cone, an invisible curved surface formed by the star's gravitational field.

Each star in the galaxy is unique, ranging from icy blue due to methane in its atmosphere to Dunhuang-like red due to iron oxides throughout its rocky surface.But only Shi has a breathable atmosphere, and only Shi has resources that greedy humans flock to.

Lieutenant Colonel Matt Horner knows this sophisticated and complex equipment like the back of his hand, just like every corner of this glorious behemoth-class battlecruiser.Every battlecruiser had multiple decks and thousands of different compartments, but Matt knew it better than his own home.

Even at only 19 years old, Matt was already an excellent naval commander.Because his qualifications are still young and he has no experience in commanding a capital ship alone, Lieutenant Colonel Matt also serves as a tactical advisor to Lieutenant General William Wachowski, commander of the 4th Fleet.

Years of wars have trained tens of thousands of outstanding naval fighters and officers for the current Imperial Navy. They are not only brave and fearless fighters, but many of them are also excellent starship engineers.In the days of self-made, the soldiers of the Revolutionary Army could not only afford a rifle, but also had to make good use of a wrench in their hands.

"Sir, the frequency of Shi's radio wave communication has increased several times in 5 minutes. The intercepted intelligence shows that the members of the Creation Family above are trying to call another secret channel through an encrypted channel." Matt stared at the tactical console Words and numbers popped up on the screen, speaking to Lieutenant General William Wachowski, who was wearing a blue and black general uniform beside him.

"They shouldn't find out that the Imperial fleet is staring at them, and all the orbiting satellites and space stations have been quietly taken down by Ghost agents. But soon, they will notice that all their calls have been ignored."

"That's enough for us to take on Gabriel Tosh." Lieutenant General William Wachowski was a formidable Imperial soldier, as unsmiling as ever, like a silent monolith.

History is a marked mining world that, like so many planets, is either colonized or the private property of a founding family.

This planet belongs to the famous Calabas family. All imaginable power, wealth and honor in the world once belonged to this family.They were the de facto rulers of many colonial worlds, and there is no politician or businessman who wants to make a further step in the Tarsonis arena without wanting to curry favor.

But that, too, was in the past—less than three months ago.

Now, here is the hiding place of the last sons of the founding family.In the previous few weeks, these pampered young nobles and their guards ran across multiple worlds, doing their best to avoid the ghosts who followed behind.

These spoiled children spent days in terror, and they probably still don't know why the zerg keep following them.Shi is just one of the worlds that these founding family members temporarily stop, and she will not be the last.

The worlds they hid either originally belonged to the creation family, or they supported the old Tyrann Federation openly and secretly.Thanks to them, these worlds are all flying around.

Based on hatred for the Federation, Prince of Blades Gabriel Tosh has been tracking the children of the Creator Family like sharks and hounds sniffing blood, and the Tyrannian Empire fleet has always followed.

The so-called Prince of Blades, Lord of the Swarm, Gabriel Tosh, Hand of the Goddess of Death, also behaved strangely. He didn't have much compassion for human beings, but he had his own set of standards for right and wrong.

Tosh only took action against those who worked for the Federation and those who prevented him from achieving the above-mentioned goals. No matter what, the ending of these people would not be better than the rats that Tosh nailed to death on the branches in the past.

At the same time, he is also unusually cunning and keen, always able to escape before the arrival of the imperial fleet.The psychic power that has been transformed and strengthened by the zerg does not only have the ability to catch wind and shadows, and some scholars who study psychic power believe that Tosh can predict the future, otherwise he would not be able to escape every time.

(In the unit introduction of StarCraft II Prophet, the dark templar pilot is dedicated to understanding and mastering the essence of time, and can manipulate time and space to obtain future information to seize the opportunity on the battlefield.

Therefore, the dark templar is not completely a gods and gods. Foretelling the future exists in the interstellar worldview.Although they capture only hazy illusions in the ripples of time, the prophecy may be true to a certain extent. )
"It's a good way to lead the snake out of the hole." Matt Horner put his hands behind his back: "With them here, Tosh is likely to appear again. This time, he must not be given a chance to escape."

The Tyranid Empire and the Prince of Blades share a common enemy.But for a long, long time, humans and zerg were sworn enemies.

It's not that the Empire and Tosh have no hatred. Tosh may still remember Augustus Mengsk's hatred of sticking a nuclear bomb in his face, which is unforgettable no matter what.

The members of the Mengsk family are ruthless.

Tosh really helped a lot in the wrong way.If it weren't for him, the empire might have already lost the spaceship full of the descendants of the founding family, and those worlds that had been attacked by the Zerg would not beg to join the empire and be asked to send garrisons.

At least [-] worlds that were originally vacillating or standing on the side of the Federation were panicked and begged the emperor for forgiveness after Intosh made such a fuss in the core world.

Never before has such a huge swarm of insects penetrated into the core world, and each world has absolutely no possibility of resisting with its own strength.

But this is by no means a reason for the imperial fleet to allow Tosh to wreak havoc in the empire's territory. Even if Tosh didn't kill deliberately, the casualties caused by his invasion were not uncommon.

After all, Tosh is still a member of the Zerg, and he has no more human feelings, only the absolute calmness of the Lord of the Swarm serving the horde.He is still cruel and will have no compassion, no mercy, no sense of responsibility.

What Tosh was doing was different from what the rest of the swarm had always attacked, but that didn't mean he would always be like this.

The empire will take back all the assets in the hands of the founding family and punish those worlds that are still stubbornly loyal to the Federation, but there is no need to rely on Tosh.

"Your Majesty has ordered us to help the Protoss fleet rescue their patriarch. But with or without them, the end result is the same." Lieutenant General William Wachowski finally spoke, his voice sounded like Contains hot iron.If this was not an order from the Emperor of the Empire, then Wachowski would never have obeyed it.

There are not many people who can afford to offend Protoss, and Tosh is definitely one of them.

Since the expedition of the 4th Fleet, although Lieutenant General Wachowski broke the siege of the Tyrador galaxy without much effort, Tosh did not just calm down.In this way, Wachowski, who thought he had lost His Majesty's trust, naturally pursued him closely.

"Mobilize heavy troops and wait for the rest. From this point of view, Tosh can't fly even if he has wings." At Matt's age, what he lacks most should be self-confidence, but he still does not change his cautious and conservative personality. It takes time to sharpen.

"But every time we think about it, he slips away before our eyes." He told Wachowski: "A more compromised plan and better preparation is absolutely necessary, and with the help of the Protoss , of course it couldn’t be better.”

At first glance, only three Imperial battlecruisers, including the flagship Fury, are moored in Shi's stationary orbit, but once Tosh enters the system, an entire Imperial fleet will jump in within minutes.

At the same time, a number of protoss beacons were deployed outside about twenty astronomical units in order to gather troops.

In other words, Wachowski can summon multiple huge fleets with one click at any time.Tosh only had three to five Swarm Behemoths in his hands, and that had absolutely no advantage against the angry protoss.

"Sir, satellite scans show that the Genesis family on the planet has launched a galaxy hopper and seems to be preparing to leave here." Matt looked at the green screen on the console and said:

"Obviously, they're startled."

On the screen is a small launch port, located between mountains and forests.This mountain just blocks the humid air flow over the ocean, so this side of the mountain is full of rain while the other side is dry and sandy.Although most of the planet is a barren land with no grass and an endless sea of ​​​​death, the area near the equator is a warm place like spring all year round.

Shi orbits a mild, small star, close enough that the sun shines and the atmosphere is just right for the planet to maintain a temperature of 27 degrees Celsius in its equatorial region, with lush forests and vegetation separating the blue ocean. The mountains that came grew vigorously.

The descendants of the founding family lived there, accompanied by countless crystal mines, laser drills and cranes in the factories in the mining area.

As for those high-latitude areas far from the equator, they generally appear cold and desolate, with dry desert Gobi and rugged canyons extending to the poles of the planet, shaped like a gray carpet with pits and holes.

Only areas close to the equator are suitable for human habitation, and the closer to the poles, the drier and colder the land.

But these barren lands are actually full of gold, high-quality open-pit crystal deposits are gathered into mountains, and the crystals in forests are like shining forests.The proven mineral reserves are extremely astonishing, and only Moria, the home star of the Kymerian Union, and a few other worlds can exceed it.

Smelted crystal ore is a high-quality alloy and steel that can be hard, dense or soft, making it an excellent material for casting cars, spaceships and cities.And for the Tyrann Empire, a mining world like Shi is an extremely powerful battleship and a steel fleet that can intimidate the Koprulu sector.

Resources are war.

"If it weren't for the fact that they have already made contact with the remnants of the Federation's military forces, these noble gentlemen and ladies should have been in New Folsom a week ago to be with their disgusting relatives." Wachowski calmly Looking at the shuttle waiting to take off on the screen.

"Without them, how would we know where their parents are. No need to stop them, but these people have to stay here until Tosh takes the bait."

"Prince Arcturus said that if they actively expose their parents, then they can be punished lightly, at least they can avoid being imprisoned." Matt sighed, of course he would not be sympathetic to his enemies, But there are still a considerable number of members of the founding family who fled Tarsonis.

If these people are willing to live under anonymity in some remote world, it will be really hard to find.

The Tyrannian Empire of Augustus was merciless to the fleeing creation family. All arrested members of the creation family and members of the Federal Parliament were sent to New Folsom Prison without exception, waiting for them The worst would be trial and execution, and the least serious thing would be imprisonment and jail time.

Anyone who had signed, or even spoken in favor of, Korha's life-and-death verdict five years ago would have paid for it with death.Emperor Augustus announced that he would punish the culprit who committed crimes against humanity with the cruelest criminal law, and that was ingenious in the whimsy of human beings torturing their own kind.

For those young nobles who knew nothing about family crimes, they could only spend their lives in New Folsom Prison.If not for Emperor Augustus' veto, then Prince Arcturus would have fed them all to the zerg.

Although the emperor did not regard the descendants of the founding family as a threat, he could also be called a benevolent emperor, but the ruthlessness of cutting grass and roots was not lacking.

Only House Terra and House Hult still occupy a place in Tarsonis, and their family members can even enter the palace of Korhal.

The former Bennett family also succumbed to the authority of Emperor Augustus, and all their shipyards, shipyards and interstellar ports will also serve the empire.The reason why the Bennett family has not been directly erased like other founding families remaining in Tarsonis is because the Imperial General Rick Kidd, the former Jacques Bennett, was once a member of this family .

Bennett Sr. never acknowledged Rick Kidd as his son, only that he was dead.But now, he can only rejoice that he is still alive because he gave birth to a good son.

All the founding families were swept away, and Tarsonis' intricate web of power lost its axis.Now, Korhal is the center of the Tyranid Empire.

At this time, the radar scanning image lit up again, and three swarm Behemoths appeared from the iris at the exit of the hyperspace channel. Fly out of the bubble.

"Call the fleet, Captain Horner," Wachowski said.